Donation Policy

There is no payment facility on this website. Talk to us first: we will answer your questions and tell you what is needed. We prefer gifts by bank transfer or UPI, because they leave a clear record for both of us.

Indian tax law limits cash gifts. A cash gift above ₹2,000 does not qualify for an 80G deduction, and we cannot accept ₹2,00,000 or more in cash from one person in a day, or for one occasion.

Food and rations given in kind are welcome too - talk to us first so they reach a distribution while still fresh.

We will not accept a gift where:

• we cannot establish where the money comes from, or have reason to think it is unlawful;
• accepting it would mean promoting a political party, a candidate or a religion;
• the giver wants a say in who receives food, or in what we publish;
• conditions attached would require us to hide or change anything in our published accounts.

If you give for a particular purpose, we use the gift for that purpose. If that becomes impossible, we come back to you and agree an alternative rather than quietly using it for something else. We may return a gift, even after accepting it, if we learn something that would have made us decline it.

Every gift that reaches our bank account appears in our published ledger, with its date and amount. A private person is shown only by a numbered alias, never by name, phone number or UPI ID. Companies are shown by name. We keep a private record of who each gift came from, as tax and audit rules require.

Giving never buys influence: we do not offer roles, titles or a say in our work in return for money.

Whether a gift qualifies for a tax deduction depends on our registration certificates, listed on our About page, and on your own circumstances. Our certificates are shown as TBC until each one is in hand. If the tax position matters to you, ask us before you give and we will confirm it in writing.